Wiser Quotes

Like Odysseus, the President looked wiser when he was seated.

– John Maynard Keynes

For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.

– The Bible

Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.

– Black Elk

Admitting Error clears the Score, And proves you Wiser than before.

– Arthur Guiterman

He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.

– Benjamin Franklin

I wish I had been wiser. I wish I had been more effective, I wish I’d been more unifying, I wish I’d been more principled.

– Bill Ayers

In those days he was wiser than he is now – he used frequently to take my advice.

– Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

The public is wiser than the wisest critic.

– George Bancroft

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.

– Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.

– Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.

– Kurt Vonnegut

Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.

– Ludwig Borne

We are wiser than we know.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

People are wiser than we are willing to attribute to them.

– P. Chidambaram

I used to gamble when I was young. I’m wiser now.

– Sharron Angle

The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.

– William Blake

I think I’ve got wiser.

– Vivienne Westwood

All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, and grow wiser and more serene.

– William Ellery Channing

In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice.

– Winston Churchill